The first historical extinction of a marine invertebrate in an ocean basin: the demise of the eelgrass limpet Lottia alveus
Carlton JT, Vermeij GJ, Lindberg DR, Carlton DA, Dudley EC. 1991. The first historical extinction of a marine invertebrate in an ocean basin: the demise of the eelgrass limpet Lottia alveus. Biological Bulletin. 180(1):72-80
A discussion on the first extinction of a marine invertebrate in an ocean basin. INVERTEBRATES: The eelgrass limpet, Lottia alveus, is the first marine invertebrate known to have gone extinct. The last verifiable report of living eelgrass limpets in the Atlantic Ocean was by Procter (1933) who collected them in 1929 at Mount Desert Narrows. This species was also found on Isle au Haut from 1893-1897 /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /MOUNT DESERT ISLAND/Mount Desert Narrows/ISLE AU HAUT/
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Carlton, James; Vermeij, Geerat; Lindberg, David; Carlton, Debby; Dudley, Elisabeth
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Extinct Species, Isle Au Haut, Marine Invertebrates, Mount Desert Island, Mount Desert Narrows